New Jersey Devils vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 18, 2020

FinalTuesday, Feb 18, 2020· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	6	5	6	17
STL	0	1	2	3		STL	13	11	15	39

: NJD 36STL 56
: NJD 1.22STL 3.88
PP goals: NJD 0STL 0
Hits: NJD 14STL 13
Blocks: NJD 11STL 11
PIM: NJD 6STL 8
: NJD 57%STL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at home. Ivan Barbashev (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NJD: Palmieri–Hischier–Hughes skated 11:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ivan Barbashev had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:07.Barbashev
New line
New look for NJD: Palmieri–Hischier–Hughes skated 11:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Hischier Hughes
New line
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Schenn–Schwartz skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Schenn Schwartz
Usage
Will Butcher (NJD) played 1:31, −16:42 down on his 18:13 season average over 55 games.Butcher
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Barbashev–Blais skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Barbashev Blais
Goalie
Louis Domingue (NJD) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +14 against a season average of 25.5; the loss.Domingue
Usage
Colton White (NJD) played 20:16, +7:32 up on his 12:44 season average over 5 games.White
New line
New look for NJD: Simmonds–Zacha–Merkley skated 7:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simmonds Zacha Merkley

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 92 of 92 attempts · STL 56 · NJD 36

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 11% of the game, STL 53%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

STL

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	STL
	32	60
	1.03	4.16
	1.02	3.97
	0	10
	1	5
	23	22
	+0.097	−0.098
	11%	53%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Hischier – Hughes
11:4535% CF
L2Zajac – Gusev – Wood
10:1663% CF
L3Simmonds – Zacha – Merkley
7:3429% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – Anderson
6:4825% CF
D1Subban – Mueller
6:4944% CF
D2Carrick – White
5:5625% CF

PP1Subban – Simmonds – Palmieri – Hischier – Hughes
2:14100% CF
PP2Zajac – Subban – Gusev – Wood – Zacha
1:43100% CF
PK1FZajac – Anderson
2:05
PK2FRooney – Hischier
0:48
PK1DSeverson – Mueller
2:24
PK2DSubban – White
1:11

Current NJD line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
10:3362% CF
L2Sundqvist – Barbashev – Blais
10:3069% CF
L3Perron – Sanford – Thomas
10:2744% CF
L4Steen – Bozak – Kyrou
6:5491% CF
D1Faulk – Parayko
14:4370% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
14:3756% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
12:1279% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:2750% CF
PP2Bozak – Parayko – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
1:1567% CF
PK1FSchenn – Schwartz
1:16
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
0:54
PK1DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
1:26
PK2DBortuzzo – Faulk
0:36

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:21
STLIvan Barbashev (Carl Gunnarsson)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Severson, Carrick, Hischier, HughesSTL: Perron, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Barbashev, Thomas
NJD 0 – 1 STL

3rd period

5:27
STLIvan Barbashev (Sammy Blais, Oskar Sundqvist)wrist0.16 xG
NJD: Subban, Palmieri, Severson, Hischier, HughesSTL: Bortuzzo, Parayko, Barbashev, Blais, Thomas
NJD 0 – 2 STL
14:45
STLJaden Schwartzsnap0.24 xG
NJD: Zajac, Severson, Gusev, Wood, MuellerSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, Parayko
NJD 0 – 3 STL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	-2	2	0.18	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	35	18
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	19:17	—	—	35	25
Jack Hughes C	L1	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	43	21
Travis Zajac C	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	44	11
Nikita Gusev L	L2	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	56	19
Miles Wood L	L2	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	58	37
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	33	45
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	3	0.26	3	0	2	13:41	—	—	25	32
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	10:15	—	—	27	24
Joey Anderson R	L4	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	14	2
John Hayden C	L4	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	14	2
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:46	—	—	20	3
P.K. Subban D	D1	-1	1	0.01	2	2	2	25:25	—	—	30	13
Mirco Mueller D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:44	—	—	42	18
Colton White D	D2	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:16	—	—	34	25
Connor Carrick D	D2	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	17:53	—	—	24	22
Damon Severson D	—	-3	1	0.23	1	1	0	27:22	—	—	44	18
Will Butcher D	—	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	1:31	—	—	33	67

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	3.88	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	54	71
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	56	72
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.67	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	62	78
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.38	2	0	0	14:07	—	—	71	81
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.27	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	72	88
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	4	0	0	12:25	—	—	72	89
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	47	64
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	46	65
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	0	0	6	15:49	—	—	57	78
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	93	100
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	0	9:41	—	—	93	100
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	9:25	—	—	91	100
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.32	1	1	0	21:40	—	—	72	84
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	2	1	0	20:18	—	—	63	72
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	0	4	0	24:18	—	—	52	76
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	0	3	0	18:21	—	—	61	87
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	76	79
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	75	81

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	17	17	0	.1000	1.22	59:52

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.